This stage is the result of prolonged or chronic stress. Struggling with stress for long periods can drain your physical, emotional, and mental resources to the point where your body no longer has strength to fight stress. You may give up or feel your situation is hopeless.
The physical effects of this stage also weaken your immune system and put you at risk for stress-related illnesses. In order to combat these symptoms of burnout, the following strategies will aid in long-term recovery and help you more quickly bounce back to your best self.
The alarm reaction stage refers to the initial symptoms the body experiences when under stress. You may be familiar with the “fight-or-flight” response, which is a physiological response to stress. This natural reaction prepares you to either flee or protect yourself in dangerous situations. Your heart rate increases, your adrenal gland releases cortisol (a stress hormone), and you receive a boost of adrenaline, which increases energy. This fight-or-flight response occurs in the alarm reaction stage.
When we are triggered into a potentially stressful situation, our bodies create a chemical reaction, releasing adrenaline and cortisol hormones into our bodies. This is called the acute stress response, but is more widely known as the fight-or-flight response (Young Diggers, 2019). It is widely believed that the fight-or-flight response evolved as a natural necessity for our early human ancestors, and we still instinctively react to stressful situations the same way. As we experience the fight-or-flight response to stress, our heart rate increases and blood pressure elevates, boosting our energy supplies to cope with a perceived danger or threat. These common signs can help you identify if you may be in this stage:
Whatever your initial response to stress may be (sweating, dry mouth etc.), your body is more likely to have a greater capacity to cope with the situation that is causing a stress reaction once you move into the resistance stage. This stage indicates that your body is trying to return to its natural state by releasing anti-inflammatory hormones to calm and ease the negative effects of stress. However, if the stress continues and you do not take the time to then recover, you may find yourself entering the last two stages of stress, adaptation and burnout, quicker (Lumen, 2019). Some helpful strategies to move through the resistance stage are:
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The alarm reaction stage refers to the initial symptoms the body experiences when under stress. You may be familiar with the “fight-or-flight” response, which is a physiological response to stress. This natural reaction prepares you to either flee or protect yourself in dangerous situations. Your heart rate increases, your adrenal gland releases cortisol (a stress hormone), and you receive a boost of adrenaline, which increases energy. This fight-or-flight response occurs in the alarm reaction stage.
When we are triggered into a potentially stressful situation, our bodies create a chemical reaction, releasing adrenaline and cortisol hormones into our bodies. This is called the acute stress response, but is more widely known as the fight-or-flight response (Young Diggers, 2019). It is widely believed that the fight-or-flight response evolved as a natural necessity for our early human ancestors, and we still instinctively react to stressful situations the same way. As we experience the fight-or-flight response to stress, our heart rate increases and blood pressure elevates, boosting our energy supplies to cope with a perceived danger or threat. These common signs can help you identify if you may be in this stage:
Whatever your initial response to stress may be (sweating, dry mouth etc.), your body is more likely to have a greater capacity to cope with the situation that is causing a stress reaction once you move into the resistance stage. This stage indicates that your body is trying to return to its natural state by releasing anti-inflammatory hormones to calm and ease the negative effects of stress. However, if the stress continues and you do not take the time to then recover, you may find yourself entering the last two stages of stress, adaptation and burnout, quicker (Lumen, 2019). Some helpful strategies to move through the resistance stage are:
This stage is the result of prolonged or chronic stress. Struggling with stress for long periods can drain your physical, emotional, and mental resources to the point where your body no longer has strength to fight stress. You may give up or feel your situation is hopeless.
The physical effects of this stage also weaken your immune system and put you at risk for stress-related illnesses. In order to combat these symptoms of burnout, the following strategies will aid in long-term recovery and help you more quickly bounce back to your best self.